How To Install nmodl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmodl on Debian 12.
What is nmodl
nmodl is:
The NMODL Framework is a code generation engine for the NEURON MODeling Language (NMODL). It is designed with modern compiler and code generation techniques to:
- Provide modular tools for parsing, analysing and transforming NMODL
- Provide easy to use, high level Python API
- Generate optimised code for modern compute architectures including CPUs, GPUs
- Flexibility to implement new simulator backends
- Support the full NMODL specification
There are three methods to install nmodl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nmodl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nmodl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nmodl
Install nmodl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nmodl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nmodl
Install nmodl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nmodl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nmodl
How To Uninstall nmodl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nmodl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nmodl
Uninstall nmodl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nmodl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nmodl
Remove nmodl Configurations and Data
To remove nmodl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nmodl
Remove nmodl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nmodl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nmodl
Dependencies
nmodl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmodl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
